Bruce L.A. Carter, PhD

INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR AND CHAIRMAN

Dr. Carter has agreed to serve on our board of directors as Chairman of the board upon the closing of this offering. He has been a senior advisor to Accelerator Life Sciences Partners since October 2016. Prior to his role at Accelerator Life Science Partners, Dr. Carter was the Chairman of the Board and former Chief Executive Officer of ZymoGenetics Inc., USA. He has also served as the Corporate Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer for Novo Nordisk A/S, the former parent company of ZymoGenetics. From 1982 to 1986, Dr. Carter held various positions of increasing responsibility at G.D. Searle & Co., Limited, including Head of Molecular Genetics. He was a lecturer at Trinity College, University of Dublin, from 1975 to 1982. Dr. Carter holds directorship in Enanta Pharmaceutical, Mirati Therapeutics, Accelerator IV-Seattle Corporation, TB Alliance, Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited (India), and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories (U.S.). Dr. Carter received his B.S. with Honors in Botany from the University of Nottingham, England and his Ph.D. in Microbiology from Queen Elizabeth College, London University, UK